masturbation

IPA: mæstɝbˈeɪʃʌn

Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, either by oneself or by a partner.
(figurative) A vain activity.

Examples of "masturbation" in Sentences

The "I Am Christine O'Donnell" Pledge â¢ I think masturbation is selfish and impure.
Instead of telling people that masturbation is bad and dirty, tell them it is healthy and normal.
But I do think this exercise in mental masturbation is selling the genuine time and effort necessary to writing a novel, way too short.
Delaware senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, a woman who once dabbled in witchcraft, couldn't make a living, and believes masturbation is adultery.
On the eve of the moratorium, TNT had to apologize when, on its NBA pregame show, actor Tracy Morgan used Palin's name in the same sentence with the word "masturbation."
I have not read the paper, but I hope that the term "mathematical masturbation" is in response to poor modeling, or even misuse of math, and not due to the writer's "mathematical ineptness."
O'Donnell made headlines today not just for her win but for an unearthed segment from "Politically Incorrect" in 1998 where she outlines her conservative Christian beliefs including her opinion that masturbation is adultery.
If we accept “masturbation is natural” then we examine masturabation habits and we find a distribution iwth a mean and that becomes “normal” and people who are too many standard deviations away from that mean come to be seen as aberrant or ill.